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We were in the garage last night. Vehicle was off (15 Legacy 2.5i Premium) and my wife heard a noise. It sounded like a small electric motor running, coming from the drivers side rear wheel well. Opened the trunk and back door and couldn't really hear it from either location - definitely the most prominent on the outside, at the top of the inside of the wheel well.

 

For shits, I started the car. Turned it off almost immediately. Noise was gone.

 

No clue what it was, but it didn't seem normal and I don't think should have been doing that with the car off.

 

Any clue what that noise could have been?

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See: 2015 Legacy/Outback Owners Manual, page 8. Edited by ammcinnis

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)

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See: 2015 Legacy/Outback Owners Manual, page 8.

 

Well I'll be. Been a while since I've flipped through the manual. Who woulda thunk this one noise would have been something that was actually in the manual!

 

Thanks for the info!

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We were in the garage last night. Vehicle was off (15 Legacy 2.5i Premium) and my wife heard a noise. It sounded like a small electric motor running, coming from the drivers side rear wheel well. Opened the trunk and back door and couldn't really hear it from either location - definitely the most prominent on the outside, at the top of the inside of the wheel well.

 

 

 

For shits, I started the car. Turned it off almost immediately. Noise was gone.

 

 

 

No clue what it was, but it didn't seem normal and I don't think should have been doing that with the car off.

 

 

 

Any clue what that noise could have been?

Its your fuel system cleanse itself.. It periodically runs.

 

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Its your fuel system cleanse itself..

Not quite. It's actually a low-pressure leak test of the evaporative emissions (i.e. fuel vapor) control system.

Edited by ammcinnis

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)

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  • 5 months later...
If I were you, I'd run a diagnostic. Let the professionals find the problem, it's safer that way. Another way you can solve electrical problems is with the help of an electrician. I had some electrical problems on my car and only the electricians that worked there could help me. I would hire charlotte electrical contractors every time I had an electrical problem, but I moved from there. Still I think they have electricians everywhere around the USA, and I will be able to find them for sure if I ever have a problem again. Edited by BrandonDyer
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If I were you, I'd run a diagnostic. Let the professionals find the problem, it's safer that way.
Brilliant!

 

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